Autodesk 00128-051462-9310 User Guide - Page 366

might be desirable to have a multi-story wall on the exterior, this is not recommended since wall cleanup can only occur at the level in which the walls are inserted. Therefore, upper levels would not cleanup. The various shell constructs are referenced in the Floor Plans, Composite Model, Section and Elevation View files. Core Construct This construct is intended for objects that are part of the building core (like walls, doors, etc.), excluding the stairs and possibly the toilet rooms. The stairs should be drawn in the separate stairs construct. Toilet rooms, if the layout is the same on all levels, can be drawn here and copied to each level. Otherwise, they can be created as an element file like the Typical Toilet Room element file (included in this Commercial Template Project), and then dragged into the Core construct file. This action will create an attached external reference (xref) of the Typical Toilet Room element file. You can also right-click an element in the Project Navigator and click Attach Element to Constructs to attach it to several constructs at once. If you do not wish to have a separate core construct, core geometry can be drawn in either the Shell or Interior construct files instead. If you do this, delete the core construct(s) from the project. The various Core constructs are referenced in the Floor Plans, Composite Model and Section View files. Slab Construct This construct is intended for slab objects and other objects that should appear in sections and models but should not appear in plans. An external reference (xref) overlay of the Shell, Core or Interior constructs can be created by simply dragging and dropping. Open the slab construct and then drag and drop the desired file from Project Navigator into the drawing window of the Slab construct. Draw objects relative to this geometry, then detach or unload the xrefs when finished. The various slab constructs are referenced in the Composite Model and Section View files. Interior Construct This construct is intended for all geometry that is placed within the exterior shell of the building. This includes all partitions, doors, etc. on the interior of each floor. You can include space objects, ceiling grids, furniture and equipment in this construct as well. Or, if you wish, you can separate these other objects into their own spaces and grids and furniture constructs. This would add files to the project, but would also enable more than one team member to work on different aspects of a particular floor at the same time. The various Interior constructs are referenced in the Floor Plans, Composite Model and Section View files. Stairs Construct This spanning construct is intended to contain the complete flight of stairs from the lowest level to the roof (if applicable). You can create separate constructs for each stair tower, or a single Stairs construct that contains all stairs for the entire project. If you view the properties of the construct in Project Navigator, you will note that all levels are checked. This makes it spanning. To work with this construct, draw a single run of stairs at the lowest level, and add railings and any slabs needed for landings. Then use the Stair Tower Generate tool (on the Design Palette - Design Tool Palette Group) to copy the stairs, railings and slabs (if desired) to the upper levels. For more information, see "Stair Tower Generator" on page 1248. To make the multi-story stair display correctly in view files, use the Medium Detail Intermediate Level display configuration as an external reference (xref) display override when referencing the stair into a view. Select the Medium Detail Intermediate Level display configuration for the intermediate levels, and the Medium Detail Top Level display configuration for the top level stair reference. For more information, see "Using the External Display Configuration" on page 295. The Stairs construct is referenced in the Floor Plans, Composite Model and Section View files. Roof Construct This construct is intended for the roof of the building. You can create a separate roof construct for each discrete portion of the roof (lower roofs, wings, towers, etc.) or you can create all roofs in this file at their appropriate Z-heights relative to the roof level elevation. Parapets and other roof features can be included here or in other constructs as appropriate. The roof construct is referenced in the Roof Plan, Composite Model, Elevation and Section View files. Column Grid Construct This construct is intended for structural column grids and their columns. Include column grids, columns, column grid bubbles and dimensions in this file. This file has been included in a Structural folder. Additional disciplines can be added to the project if required. A folder with such sub-folders is included at the root of this project. Browse to this folder in Windows Explorer, and copy and paste the desired discipline folders to the Constructs, Elements, Views and/or 326 | Chapter 6 Drawing Management